Davis Allen

Davis is pursuing the career he knew he wanted back in middle school—when he was listening to the Tampa Bay Rays and DeWayne Statts, who called the games on the Tampa Bay Rays TV network. That was in his native St. Petersburg, Florida. He found himself calling the games along with DeWayne—and knew that someday he wanted to go into sports broadcasting.

Davis hosts SportsTrend 9:30-10am every Saturday morning, and delivers A Quick Shot of Sports at :50 every hour on The Pensacola Morning News with Andrew McKay—a show he also produces.

Back to middle school: Davis’ first experience was in 7th grade when he was part of the team who produced closed-circuit radio shows. Then, as a senior now at Gulf Breeze High School, he joined the daily school news production team, “iTV", and played varsity baseball. Next—college. And Davis chose UWF.

At UWF, he began studying Broadcast Journalism, secured an internship at NewsRadio1620 ▪ FM92.3, and advanced to producer for The Pensacola Morning News. He is also currently acting as Programming Coordinator for the station.

Aside from sports, Davis has a love of service and being active in the community.

In high school, he was active in Key Club where he was for a time, Lieutenant Governor for Florida District 1A Key Club, then President of the Gulf Breeze Chapter. At UWF, is became an active member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and served as a UWF Peer Educator. Named Peer Educator of the Year for 2016-2017, he has also been inducted into t he UWF Peer Educator Hall of Fame.

A golfer who also loves road trips and likes to spend time volunteering, Davis credits NewsRadio1620 ▪ FM92.3 with the opportunities that lay the foundation for a life-long career.

BREAKING: Governor Scott Trying To Make Counties Take More Inmates Into County Jail
During a conversation about new jail construction at the Santa Rosa County Commission, Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office Bob Johnson says Governor Scott is trying to rewrite the guidelines for incarceration facilities. Currently, anyone sentenced to 364 days or less spends it in the county jail (Escambia or Santa Rosa), and anyone 1 year or more goes into a Dept. of Corrections prison (Blackwater, Santa Rosa, or Century). However, DOC is understaffed, underfunded, and terribly unsafe for both Corrections Officers and inmates. So in an apparent effort to shuffle enormous costs onto Counties, Sheriff Johnson says Governor Scott wants to increase this to 2 years, which would dramatically increase the population of the already overcrowded and expensive Escambia and Santa Rosa County Jails.

Happy 100 Years of Daylight Saving Time in the United States!!
On March 19, 1918, Congress passed the Standard Time Act, affirming the time zones and creating Standard Time and Daylight Time. It was was very unpopular and "War Time" went away after WW I (by Congress, who overrode President Wilson's veto to keep it). It came back in WW II under FDR and was observed variously after that, until the Oil Embargo, when the U.S. went to year-round Daylight Saving Time from January 1974 to April 1975. At that time, energy savings were the goal, but critics said it put schoolchildren in danger in the mornings.

The Standard Time Act of 1918, also known as the Calder Act, was the first United States federal law implementing Standard time and Daylight saving time in the United States.[2] It authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to define each time zone.